# Concussions at The Children's Home of Reading
> OSHA SIR `2016109298` · 10/1/2016 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
- **Source:** Other client or customer
## Employer
- **Name:** The Children's Home of Reading
- **Location:** 1010 Centre Avenue, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19601
- **NAICS:** 621330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee tried to prevent a client from leaving a residential unit. The client went through a door leading into a stairwell.  Staff continued to try to de-escalate and stop the client from leaving the unit. The client pushed the employee, who fell down the stairs and suffered a concussion. The employee was hospitalized.

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